Blue Dance Members
Chuck Abell
Vocals & Guitar
More and more, I have come to see music as consisting of shapes and colors – blocks
of sound with which we strive to achieve a total balance. In essence, music is a tidal flow
whose whole aim is to enliven and entrance the listener, to transport one from the mundane
state to that of the sublime. Do we always achieve this? No, clearly, but it is my primary
goal as a musician – to help engender an organic feedback loop with the listener and thereby
collectively enhance our experience of music.
–Chuck Abell
Bruce Wayne McLellan
Vocals & Guitar
I was once a young boy who took enormous pleasure in listening to the hauntingly
beautiful sounds of the Northern loon. Outside my Daddy’s camp on one of the many inland
lakes in the great state of Maine, I echoed the loon’s call hoping to discover my own
voice. I possess a deep yearning to reflect the haunting beauty found in Nature that
stirs my soul. I strive to write songs that reach your heart and mind in the same way
that a loon’s forlorn call touches mine. Outfitted with a wooden guitar, a woodman’s
heart, and a wild spirit I have written more than 500 songs of different styles to that
end. I hope you find that one of my songs resonates with the sacred strings of your
soul.
–Bruce McLellan
Mike Stutzman
Backup Vocals & Sound system
Eric Metzger
Drums
Guest performers
Guest performers have included Jon Seiger, Bernie Heveron, Maurice Overholt, and Jamie Kubala, as
well as members of RedLine Zydeco, Babik, and This Other Life.